WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman stated that Dillian Whyte is next in line to face off against the heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury.
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The heavyweight division is in an interesting place right now. Last December, Anthony Joshua reclaimed his lost belts against Andy Ruiz Jr. Similarly, Tyson Fury schooled Deontay Wilder in their rematch in February 2020.
Fans around the world are eager to see Fury and Joshua collide. However, several factors are keeping them from fighting each other. Firstly, the Coronavirus has put major boxing events on hold. Secondly, Fury must defend his championship against Wilder next.
Thirdly, Joshua has to get through IBF mandatory, Kubrat Pulev. And lastly, WBC mandatory Dillian Whyte is claiming his shot at gold. “The Body Snatcher” even filed a lawsuit against the WBC.
Dillian Whyte adds to the misery of the fans
Recently, the WBC president stated that the champion must defend the championship against the mandatory challenger.
“For the WBC there is a mandatory title defense that the champion has to make. The mandatory challenger is the interim champion, Dillian Whyte.”
“He [Whyte] has the right to enforce his title shot after the Wilder vs Fury third fight. Fury vs Joshua is just speculation,” Sulaiman told Boxing Insider Radio.
Fury vs Joshua is far from done
Earlier this month, Joshua’s manager Eddie Hearn claimed that Fury and Joshua have agreed to fight in principle. He even said that the first fight could happen in the summer of 2021.
Nevertheless, Sulaiman thinks that there are too many obstacles in front of the fight.
“They have both come out and said that they have a deal which is very good. But there are many things that must take place before it actually happens,” Sulaiman added.
“Right now we don’t know when boxing is going to resume for some specific fights, such as the rematch between Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury.”
Boxing events resumed from June 9. So far the events took place without an audience. However, It makes no sense to book huge fights with no crowd as the fans add to the excitement, and help in generating revenue. Besides that, boxers like Fury have declined to fight in an empty arena.
“We don’t know if that fight will happen October, November, December, next year. We cannot control that. But for the WBC there is a legal contract that they signed for a third fight (Fury vs Wilder).”
